mounting CIFS share (tcp/455) with FreeBSD and mount_smbfs(8)

[Reko Turja]

-----Original Message----- 
From: O. Hartmann 
Subject: mounting CIFS share (tcp/455) with FreeBSD and mount_smbfs(8) 
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> I need to mount a CIFS share from windows server 2012 r2 via CIFS, tcp/445 as NetBIOS
> service (tcp/139) has been deprecated due to serious vulnerability issues. 
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> .
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> I desperately need CIFS and I need tcp/445 since tcp/139 is from now on firewalled. 

There's actually alternative available that's far more UNIX-friendly and not depending on the SAMBA foibles.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574143.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Of course, you need to have admin access to the server or get the admins enable NFS on it.

-Reko

(I've used the Windows NFS the other way around- FreeBSD NFS shares mounted with on Win7.)